Bhrikuti Shail | 2010 N Ridge

A France expedition to Bhrikuti Shail in 2010 via N Ridge, led by Paulo Grobel. Summit reached on 18th March 2010. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6752
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BHRS10101
Peak ID BHRS
Year 2010
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Paulo Grobel
Sponsor Tirawa Bhrikuti Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 3rd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2010-03-16
Summit Date 2010-03-18
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 2
Total Days 3
Termination Date 2010-03-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6361
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 2
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(16/03,5450m),C1(17/03,5800m),Smt(18/03)
Route Notes BC near Bawa Khola north of mountain C1 on border ridge close to pt 5843 on HMG map. The expedition approached Bhrikuti [Sail] from the north and made their BC on 16 March at 5450m near the Bawa Khola and very near pt. 5430 on HMG map. They moved south-southeast to Bhrikuti's North Ridge, which forms the border with China, and which Grobel considers the easiest route on Bhrikuti. They placed their high camp on the 17th on the ridge at 5800m close to pt 5843 on HMG map. From this camp, the entire team set out for the summit at 5:30 am on 18th March. Their route to the top was along the north of camp. But when they had gone only 50 meters in ten minutes out of camp, Chevalier and Duchateau turned back because they were not feeling well. The remaining eight members and their three Sherpas (who were officially members of the expedition, according to the Nepalese government's requirement for Bhrikuti teams) continued on towards the top. While most of the team reached the top at 8:00 am, Filippucci, who was a slow climber, suddenly had a neurological episode, a stroke, when he was at 6300m, very near the summit, at 9:00 am. This affected the right side of his body. He was helped down to high camp by Grobel, who met him on Grobel's descent from the top, and by Tashi Temba. The summit party of Bonodeau, Cruon, Grobel, Mathey, Montanari, Princip, Rubichon, Pasang Gyalzen and Chhotemba moved down through their high camp at 12:00 noon and arrived in BC at 2:30 pm. Filippucci descended to BC on horseback and also reached there at 2:30; he recovered that afternoon and was evacuated to Kathmandu by helicopter from Gami village in Manang. (He had another stroke a week later, but still survived. He had another stroke a week later but still survived. He expected to leave Nepal on 2 May, one day after the other member and two days before Grobel was scheduled to leave for Tibet to climb a small mountain near Lhasa.) Sherpas: Chhotemba Sherpa, 29/9/74 he says, Makalu-9, no 8000ers Pasang Gyalzen, 30/7/81, Walung, Makalu-9, no 8000ers Tashi Temba, 18/5/66 (5/2/2023), Makalu-9, no 8000ers
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Society
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460524
Year 2010
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n ridge

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Francois Bonodeau M 1956 France Climber Lille, Nord, France Radiologist Details Other expeditions
Didier Chevalier M 1962 France Climber Paris, France Factory manager Details Other expeditions
Marie-Christine Courtin Duchateau F 1949 France Climber Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France Retired computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Pierre Cruon M 1951 France Climber Le Pradet, Cote d'Azur, France Retired civil servant Details Other expeditions
Paul Marc (Paulo) Grobel M 1957 France Leader La Grave, Hautes-Alpes, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Christian Mathey M 1946 France Climber Jouy-le-Moutier, Val d'Oise, France Retired manager of Filipucci's company Details Other expeditions
Jacques Montanari M 1948 France Climber Beauchamp, Val d'Oise, France Retired printing company owner Details Other expeditions
Etienne Auguste Principaud M 1957 France Climber Lathuille, Haute-Savoie, France Physician Details Other expeditions
Christine Rubichon F 1964 France Climber Anglet, Pyrenees-Atlantique, France Special educator Details Other expeditions
Chhotemba (Cho Temba) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Walung, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Gyalzen Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Temba Lama M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Denchhenbu, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Marcel Filippucci M 1943 France Climber Paris, France Retired company owner Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BHRS10101 - - http://www.paulo-grobel.com/05_expes/Fiches_PDF/FT_projet_Bhrikuti_2010.htm - - -
BHRS10101 AAJ Grobel, Paulo - - 85:318-319 (2011) -
BHRS10101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12201131800/Bhrikuti-6361m-North-Ridge-and-New-Information-on-First-Ascent - - -